COVID Vaccine Thread, the Sequel

[Yardigan]

I confess I’m at least slightly annoyed at anybody who lied or gamed the system. The new research shows that 75% of all people hospitalized were overweight. It becomes easy to see how a place like Japan avoided a high death rate despite not locking down. Yet that factor hasn’t been given enough consideration in vaccine priority. So a lot of people at risk are still waiting.

Understood. Opinions on vax priorities are like noses, though, everyone has one....and somebody's bound to be po'd.
Should there be stricter enforcement in making people 'prove' they meet criteria?

 

[NJHusky]

I confess I’m at least slightly annoyed at anybody who lied or gamed the system. The new research shows that 75% of all people hospitalized were overweight. It becomes easy to see how a place like Japan avoided a high death rate despite not locking down. Yet that factor hasn’t been given enough consideration in vaccine priority. So a lot of people at risk are still waiting.

They’ve had a year to loose weight.

 

[jleves]

Finally got in line- Vax scheduled for Thursday morning - Moderna.

 

[polycom]

Like I said earlier everyone just needs to get the vax as fast as possible.

 

[Ripper32]

Mutations could render current Covid vaccines ineffective in a year or less, epidemiologists warn

I wonder what breakthroughs the scientific community has planned for us. Long the pharma etf.

 

[HooperScooper]

With so many variants of Covid does the vaccine protect against some or all?

I don't want it, for now, ut seems like the virus is slowing down a bit.

It is? Where do you live? Because in most places in the country it's going the other way.

Cases of the virus are up about 10% over the past week from the previous week, to about 60,000 cases per day, with both hospitalizations and deaths ticking up as well, Walensky said. She warned that without immediate action the U.S. could follow European countries into another spike in cases and suffer needless deaths.

CDC director has feeling of 'impending doom' amid new spike

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is making an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19

www.boston.com

Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut reports positivity rate of 5.3%; hospitalizations jump above 500

Connecticut on Tuesday reported its highest single-day positivity rate in more than two months, as hospitalizations jumped above 500 and overall COVID-19 cases continued to rise. As of Tuesday, Con…

www.courant.com

 

[Fishy]

Do some light should exercise..it helps

I’m laying in bed watching basketball and posting on the internet.

What more can I do? Run a marathon?

 

[polycom]

It is? Where do you live? Because in most places in the country it's going the other way.

Cases of the virus are up about 10% over the past week from the previous week, to about 60,000 cases per day, with both hospitalizations and deaths ticking up as well, Walensky said. She warned that without immediate action the U.S. could follow European countries into another spike in cases and suffer needless deaths.

CDC director has feeling of 'impending doom' amid new spike

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is making an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19

www.boston.com

Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut reports positivity rate of 5.3%; hospitalizations jump above 500

Connecticut on Tuesday reported its highest single-day positivity rate in more than two months, as hospitalizations jumped above 500 and overall COVID-19 cases continued to rise. As of Tuesday, Con…

www.courant.com

She also said that the data said that fully vaxxed people don't spread the virus in real world situations so... does this really matter at all? Needles in arms, only thing that matters.

 

[HooperScooper]

She also said that the data said that fully vaxxed people don't spread the virus in real world situations so... does this really matter at all? Needles in arms, only thing that matters.

I wa responding to B1GEast who said he didn't want the vaccine because the virus was slowing down a bit. So I asked him where he lives because around here it isn't.

 

[Chin Diesel]

3 hours past second Pfizer shot.

On a side note Carlson Center in Fairbanks is hockey arena for Alaska Fairbanks hockey team.

Facility looks like it is a phenomenal hockey arena. Two levels of seating and seats are steep. Seems like it would definitely get loud quickly.

 

[B1GEast]

All.

You don’t want the vaccine or you don’t want the virus?

Both

 

[kemba]

Got 2nd dose of moderna yesterday.

First dose-sore arm, fever, aches, chills, sleeplessness....though all that stuff besides the sore arm didn't start until 24 hours after.
Not as bad as the first time, if they don't get worse than not a big deal.

I had covid in January.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Understood. Opinions on vax priorities are like noses, though, everyone has one....and somebody's bound to be po'd.
Should there be stricter enforcement in making people 'prove' they meet criteria?

No, I thought MA and NY were initially way too strict, and it slowed down the process. Putting healthcare workers first and first responders second was not really very smart. Many are young and healthy, so declined and the vaccine sat unused. A straight age, exposure and comorbidity approach made more sense. An overweight 53 year old bus driver should be top priority. High risk of hospitalization, high risk of exposure.

I'm eligible Monday it seems. Will start playing the appointment roulette game.

 

[HCCForever]

Got 2nd dose of moderna yesterday.

First dose-sore arm, fever, aches, chills, sleeplessness....though all that stuff besides the sore arm didn't start until 24 hours after.
Not as bad as the first time, if they don't get worse than not a big deal.

I had covid in January.

That makes sense. From what I've read, the first dose has more adverse reactions if you had Covid. I received my first shot a few weeks ago and all I had was a sore arm for one day.

 

[Vancat]

Getting #2 Pfizer tomorrow. Have been a tiny bit nervous about side effects (had none but a sore arm with the first) but reading this thread helped. Previously all I was hearing about was side effects with the 2nd shot, but I guess those are the people speaking up.

 

[Lefty2one]

As silly as it sounds, and I don't know if it'll work with the COVID shot, but lightly hitting/slapping the area of your arm where they administered the shot is supposed to reduce the soreness. When we had our first child and had all the usual shots (TDAP, etc.) the pharmacist told us to do that with any shot we get. Worked then, curious to see if it works for COVID.

 

[J187Money]

Very slight soreness from Pfizer (yesterday) but nothing major.

 

[outlaw]

I'm planning to log on to my hartford healthcare chart at midnight + create my VAMS account as soon as eligibility opens here in CT - should I be calling vax sites/providers and leaving messages as well? any other tips for finding an appointment sooner or later? My wife is due with our first in early June - I want to be sure I am vax'd by May if possible

 

[coachcap]

First shot today.....

I have amended my thoughts on it. They straight lied about the mild arm discomfort - I believe Moderna is just a mix of battery acid and Pop Rocks. And a microchip - my left arm pulls in FM radio now.

Right about the time the time you realize that your arm is going to fall off, the rest of you starts to feel like a pallet of bricks landed on you.

I believe I have been poisoned.

But the volunteers were really nice - ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ review on Yelp. (Took off one star for the poison.)

My wife had the same result as you with her first Moderna vaccination. She said that the shot was administered by an inexperienced pharmacy student (This UConn Pharmacy grad hopes the student wasn't from the alma mater) who acted nervous during administration. Her 2nd shot was by a physician from her department & she had no complications other than a slightly sore arm for 24 hours.

 

[Milo65]

Getting the vaunted second Moderna shot on Thursday. Just in time to ruin my holiday weekend.

I had it yesterday at 3:30, woke up today at 4 AM, pounding headache, chills, joints ache... good times

 

[August_West]

First shot today.....

I have amended my thoughts on it. They straight lied about the mild arm discomfort - I believe Moderna is just a mix of battery acid and Pop Rocks. And a microchip - my left arm pulls in FM radio now.

Right about the time the time you realize that your arm is going to fall off, the rest of you starts to feel like a pallet of bricks landed on you.

I believe I have been poisoned.

But the volunteers were really nice - ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ review on Yelp. (Took off one star for the poison.)

You had Covid, didnt you?


They say that is a factor in Vax reaction symptoms.

Either that, or as Ive suspected for some time now, you are a woman.

Why People of This Sex May Have Worse COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects

According to data from the CDC, more women are reporting worse side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine than men. Here's what to know.

www.health.com

I'll give you benefit of doubt this time and chalk it up to the first.

 

[Vuce]

Keep in mind when looking at the numbers. 95% for Moderna 78% for Johnson & Johnson blah blah blah. EVERY single vaccine including the much ridiculed Russian Sputnik V.... has shown to be 100% effective in preventing death. Which is the most important thing :’)

Here’s the confusion coming in. Reading up on as much as I can on this and love this thread. So Washington state dept of Health is looking into 102 post vax cases which include 8 hospitalizations and 2 deaths. These vax cases were apparently past the timeframe where people are fully vaccinated. Hopefully the DOH will find that it’s some other weird thing that caused the deaths and hospitalizations. I guess the “good news” is that both deaths were over 80 years old and had underlying conditions. No idea on the hospital ones. You’d hope that if you are vaccinated you would at least be able to avoid that Ugh

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/coronavirus/article250326486.html

 

[JustbrewitMan]

My wife had the same result as you with her first Moderna vaccination. She said that the shot was administered by an inexperienced pharmacy student (This UConn Pharmacy grad hopes the student wasn't from the alma mater) who acted nervous during administration. Her 2nd shot was by a physician from her department & she had no complications other than a slightly sore arm for 24 hours.

UConn School of Pharmacy students go through pretty extensive vaccination training. As long as they pay attention to the practical section on administration technique (and they pretty much all do!), then they will have better IM injection technique than 95% of the other people I've witnessed giving the shots. I've personally observed admin technique for >20 UConn Pharmacy students and they were all excellent. Some of the other folks I've seen administering shots give me agita...many of the ones I see on TV are ridiculously bad.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Here’s the confusion coming in. Reading up on as much as I can on this and love this thread. So Washington state dept of Health is looking into 102 post vax cases which include 8 hospitalizations and 2 deaths. These vax cases were apparently past the timeframe where people are fully vaccinated. Hopefully the DOH will find that it’s some other weird thing that caused the deaths and hospitalizations. I guess the “good news” is that both deaths were over 80 years old and had underlying conditions. No idea on the hospital ones. You’d hope that if you are vaccinated you would at least be able to avoid that Ugh

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/coronavirus/article250326486.html

Yes, there are some people that will still develop COVID infection post-vaccination. It will be interesting to see clinical characteristics of those folks in that report as well as viral variant info.

I would guess that many of them will be people for which we had no data (or limited data) on relative effectiveness compared to people in the study population. We're giving it to people with immune compromise in the hope that it will at least provide some partial protection (Cancer patients, transplant patients, HIV, people on immunosuppressive meds for auto-immune disorders, etc., etc.). There's some data emerging over the last ~1-2 weeks confirming that these folks don't develop as strong an antibody/T-cell response vs. people without those immune-compromising conditions.

 

[mauconnfan]

Had my 1st Pfizer Saturday in Windsor Locks and had very little reaction. I did have a sore arm in the vaccinated area but after a couple Ibuo's hardly anything at all. We'll see what happens with #2 in mid April.

 

[Vuce]

Yes, there are some people that will still develop COVID infection post-vaccination. It will be interesting to see clinical characteristics of those folks in that report as well as viral variant info.

I would guess that many of them will be people for which we had no data (or limited data) on relative effectiveness compared to people in the study population. We're giving it to people with immune compromise in the hope that it will at least provide some partial protection (Cancer patients, transplant patients, HIV, people on immunosuppressive meds for auto-immune disorders, etc., etc.). There's some data emerging over the last ~1-2 weeks confirming that these folks don't develop as strong an antibody/T-cell response vs. people without those immune-compromising conditions.

Shouldn’t we know this information or was this so rushed that it’s like wait and see? In reading up on this topic ( NEVER thought I’d be researching any of this LOL) apparently vaccines are developed over like a 5 year + time with testing and trials over and over. But obviously the need outweighed the time for this vaccine so we will find out stuff in the months and years ahead as time passes. Do I have that part right?

 

[progrocks]

I drove to a rural county 3 hours away in my red state that opened up their allottment to anyone because the desire to receive it by the local eligible population dried up. Luckily was able to find a 2nd dose next week that is only 20 minutes away.

 

[aburks41]

I'm going to Miami in a month with a few friends. Hoping to get it shortly as I will be eligible tomorrow. Does anyone know if calling a few places towards the end of the day would increase my chances of getting a walk in appointment? There's gotta be a few scheduled appts that just don't show up, right?

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Down here where I got mine (Publix), they just add a sticker anyway. Should be OK.
Also, my daughter up in CT says her company is laminating cards for employees who get the vaccine.

I heard laminating the card is not allowed in case a booster is required.
I heard of people taking a copy and laminating that for their wallet.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

I'm going to Miami in a month with a few friends. Hoping to get it shortly as I will be eligible tomorrow. Does anyone know if calling a few places towards the end of the day would increase my chances of getting a walk in appointment? There's gotta be a few scheduled appts that just don't show up, right?

If you have the time & resources, it can't hurt to try. Cancellations definitely happen and places jump through hoops to not waste doses.

Good luck!